Reporting part-time earnings while on benefits after 12 years as a hotel front-desk agent

I work some days through a staffing agency while still certifying. Sometimes my paycheck is late by a week. Do you report when you earned it or when you were paid?

The claimant handbook has worked examples for part-time pay. Mine was clearer than the phone line.

I estimated and then checked my pay stub. When there was a small difference I wrote to the agency to correct it.